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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 50 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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A good basic white bread or roll recipe. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water |
1 pinch sugar |
1 tablespoon yeast |
3 tablespoons sugar |
1/4 cup shortening or 1/4 cup vegetable oil |
2 1/2 teaspoons salt |
4 -4 1/2 cups flour |
Directions:
1. Sprinkle yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with a pinch of sugar.
2. Let rest 5 minutes.
3. Mix in remaining ingredients and 1/2 the flour.
4. Beat well with wooden spoon, slowly stir in remaining flour. (When adding flour I start with a full cup, as the dough takes shape I only add a 1/2 cup at a time. Too much flour at once can make for very dry tough bread.)
5. Knead 8 minutes and add more flour if sticky.
6. Let rise until double in bulk (about 2 hour). Punch down.
7. Let rest 5 minutes.
8. Shape into loaves or rolls and place in 2 greased medium (8.5 inch x 4.5 inch) bread pans or 2 round 8 cake pans for rolls; about 7 rolls in each pan.
9. Let raise until double in bulk (about 1 hour). Bake at 350'F 35 for rolls or 45-50 minutes for bread.
10. Brush crust with butter while still warm.
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